I haue 〈…〉 vnto you as though ye knewe not y e trâ—eth but ye knowe it are sure y t no lye coÌ„meth of y e trueth Who is a lyar but he y t denyeth y e Iesus is Christ The same is y e Antichrist y t denyeth the father y e sonne Whosoeuer denyeth the sonne the same hath not the father Loke what ye haue herde now from y e begynnynge let the same abyde in you Yf y t which he herde from the begynnynge shal remayne in you then shal ye also abyde in y e sonne and in the father And this is the promes y t he hath promysed vs eueÌ„ eternall life This haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you coÌ„cerninge theÌ„ that disceaue you And the anoyntinge which ye haue receaued of him dwelleth in you ye nede not y t eny maÌ„ teach you but as the anoyntinge teacheth you all thiÌ„ges euen so is it true is no lye And as it hath taughte you eueÌ„ so abide ye therin And now babes abyde in hiÌ„ y t whaÌ„ he shal appeare we maye be bolde not be made ashamed of him at his commynge Yf ye knowe y t he is righteous knowe also that he which doth righteousnes is borne of him The III. Chapter BEholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs y t we shulde be called the childreÌ„ of God Therfore y e worlde knoweth you not because it knoweth not him Dearly beloued we are now y e childreÌ„ of God and yet hath it not appeared what we shal be But we knowe y t when he shal appeare we shal be like him for we shal se him as he is And euery man y t hath this hope in him pourgeth him selfe euen as he is pure Who so euer coÌ„mytteth synne coÌ„mytteth vnrighteousnes also and synne is vnrighteousnes And ye knowe that he appeared to take awaye oure synnes and in him is no synne Who so euer abydeth in him synneth not who soeuer synneth hath not sene him nether knowne him Babes let no man disceaue you He that doeth righteousnes is righteous euen as he is righteous He that commytteth synne is of the deuell for the deuell synneth sence y e begynnynge For this purpose appeared the sonne of God to lowse the workes of the deuell * Who so euer is borne of God synneth not for his * sede remayneth in him he caÌ„ not synne because he is borne of God * By this are the children of God knowne the children of the deuell Who so euer doeth not righteousnes is not of God nether he 〈◊〉 loueth not his brother 〈◊〉 this is the tydinges which ye haue 〈◊〉 the begynnynge that ye shulde 〈◊〉 one another * not as Cain â–ª which was of the wicked and slewe his brother And wherfore slewe he him euen because his awne workes were euell and his brothers righteous Maruayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you We knowe y t we are traÌ„slated from death vnto life because we loue the brethren He that loueth not his brother abydeth in death Who soeuer hateth his brother is a mansleyer And ye knowe that a mansleyer hath not eternall life abydinge in him Hereby haue we perceaued loue that he gaue his life for vs and therfore ought we also to geue oure lyues for the brethreÌ„ But he y t hath this worldes good seyth his brother haue nede and shutteth vp his hert froÌ„ him how dwelleth the loue of God in him My litle children let vs not loue with worde nether with tonge but with y e dede and with the trueth Hereby knowe we that we are of the verite and can quyete oure hertes before him But yf oure hert condemne vs God is greater theÌ„ oure hert and knoweth all thinges Dearly beloued yf oure hert condemne vs not then haue we a fre boldnes to God warde And what so euer we axe we shal receaue it because we kepe his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes and do those thinges which are pleasaunt in his sighte And this is his coÌ„maundement that we beleue on y e name of his sonne Iesus Christ and loue one another as he gaue commaundement And he that kepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him And hereby knowe we that he abydeth in vs euen by the sprete which he hath geuen vs. The IIII. Chapter DEarly beleued beleue not ye euery sprete but proue the spretes whether they be of God For many false prophetes are gone out in to the worlde Hereby shal ye knowe the sprete of God Euery sprete which confesseth that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God And euery sprete which confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is not off God And this is that sprete of Antechrist off whom ye haue herde how that he shal come and euen now allready is he in the worlde Litle children ye are off God and haue ouer come them for greater is he that is in you then he that is in the worlde They are off the worlde therfore speake they off the worlde and the worlde herkeneth vnto them We are of God and he that knoweth God herkeneth vnto vs he that is not of God heareth vs not Hereby knowe we the sprete of trueth and y e sprete of erroure Dearly beloued let vs loue one another for loue commeth of God And euery one y t loueth is borne of God and knoweth God He that loueth not knoweth not God for God is loue By this appeared the loue of God to vs warde because that God sent his onely begotten sonne in to this worlde that we mighte lyue thorow him Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to make agremeÌ„t for oure synnes Dearly beloued yf God so loued vs we oughte also to loue one another No man hath sene God at eny tyme. Yf we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfecte in vs. Hereby knowe we that we dwell in him and he in vs because he hath geuen vs of his sprete And we haue sene testifye that the father sent the sonne to be the Sauioure of the worlde Who soeuer now confesseth y t Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God and we haue knowne and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in him Here in is the loue perfecte with vs that we shulde haue a fre boldnesse in the daye of iudgment for as he is eueÌ„ so are we in this worlde Feare is not in loue but perfecte loue casteth out feare for feare hath paynefulnes He that feareth is not perfecte in loue Let vs loue him for he loued vs first Yf eny man saye I loue God yet hateth his brother he is a lyar For he that loueth not his brother whom he seyth how can he loue God whom he
his mouth water after the womā as it had bene a ryuer that he might cause her to be caught of y e floud And the earth holpe the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swalowed vp the ryuer which the dragon cast out of his mouth And the dragon was wroth with the womā and went and made warre with the remnaunt of hyr sede which kepe the cōmaundementes of God and haue the testimony of Iesus Christ. And I stode on the see sonde The XIII Chapter ANd I sawe a beest rise out of the see hauinge seuen heades and x. hornes and vpon his hornes x. crownes and vpō his heed the names of blasphemy And the beest which I sawe was lyke a catt of the mountayne and his fete were as the fete of a bear and his mouth as the mouthe of a lyon And y e dragō gaue him his power and his seate and greate auctorite and I sawe one of his heades as it were wounded to death and his dedly wounde was healed And all the worlde wōdred at the beest and they worshipped the dragon which gaue power vnto the beest and they worshipped the beest sayenge who is like vnto the beest who is able to warre with him And there was geuen vnto him a mouth to speake greate thinges blasphemies and power was geuen vnto him to do xlij monethes And he opened his mouth vnto blasphemy agaynst God to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heauen And it was geuen vnto him to make warre with the sayntes and to ouercome them And power was geuen him ouer all kynred tonge and nacion and all that dwell vpon the earth worshipt him whose names are not wrytten in the boke of life of the lambe which was kylled from the beginnynge of the worlde Yf eny man haue an eare let him heare He that leadeth in to captiuite shal go in to captiuite he that killeth with a swearde must be killed with y e swearde Heare is the pacience and the faith of the saynctes And I behelde another beest commynge vp out of the earth and he had two hornes like a lambe and he spake as dyd the dragō And he dyd all that the first beest coulde do in his presence and he caused the earth and them which dwell therin to worshippe the fyrst beest whose deedly woūde was healed And he dyd greate wonders so that he made fyre come downe from heauē in the sight of men And deceaued them that dwelt on the earth by y e meanes of those signes which he had power to do in the sight of the beest sayenge to them that dwelt on the earth that they shulde make an ymage vnto the beest which had the wounde of a swearde and dyd liue And he had power to geue a sprete vnto the ymage of the beest and that the ymage of the beest shulde speake and shulde cause that as many as wolde not worshippe the ymage of the beest shulde be kylled And he made all bothe smale and greate ryche and poore fre and bond to receaue a marke in their right hondes or in their forheades And that noman might by or sell saue he y t had y e marke or the name of the beest ether the nombre of his name Here is wiszdome Let him that hath wyt count the nombre of the beest For it is the nombre of a man and his nombre is sixe hondred thre score and sixe The XIIII Chapter ANd I loked and lo a lambe stode on the moūt Syon and with him C. and xliiij thousande hauynge his fathers name wrytten in their forheades And I herde a voyce from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voyce of a greate thondre And the voyce that I herde was as the harpers that playe vpon their harpers And they songe as it were a newe songe before the seate before y e foure beestes and the elders and no man coulde learne y t songe but the hondred and xliiij M. which were redemed from the earth These are they which were not defyled with wemen for they are virgyns These folowe the lambe whither soeuer he goeth These were redemed from men beynge the fyrst frutes vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes was founde no gyle For they are withoutē spot before the trone of God And I sawe an angell flye in the myddes of heauen hauinge an euerlastinge Gospell to preache vnto them that syt and dwell on the earth and to all nacions kinreddes and tōges and people sayēge with a lowde voyce Feare God and geue honour to him for the houre of his iudgement is come and worshippe him that made heauen and earth and the see and the fountaynes off water And there folowed another angell sayenge She is fallen she is fallen euē Babilon that greate cite for she made all nacions drynke off the wyne off hyr whordome And the thyrde angel folowed thē sayenge with a loude voyce Yf eny man worshippe the beest and his ymage and receaue his marke in his forhed or on his honde the same shall drynke of the wyne of the wrath of God which is powred in the cuppe of his wrath And he shal be punyszhed in fyre and brymstone before the holy Angels and before the lambe And the smoke of their torment ascendeth vp euermore And they haue no res◠daye ner nyght which worshippe the beast and his ymage and whosoeuer receaueth the prynt of his name Here is the pacience of sayntes Heare are they that kepe the commaundementes and the faith off Iesu. And I herde a voyce from heauen sayenge vnto me wryte Blessed are y e deed which here after dye in the LORDE Yee the sprete sayeth that they rest from their laboures for their workes folowe them And I loked and beholde a whyte cloude and vpō y e cloude one syttynge like vnto the sonne of man hauinge on his heed a golden crowne and in his hōde a sharpe sykle And another angell came out of the temple cryenge with a loude voyce to him that sat on the cloude Thruste in thy sycle and reepe for the tyme is come to reepe for the corne of the earth is rype And he that sat on y e cloude thrust in his sykle on the earth and the earth was reeped And another angell came out of the temple which is in heauen hauinge also a sharpe sykle And another angel came out from the aultre which had power ouer fyre and cryed with a loude crye vnto hym that had the sharpe syckle and sayde Thruste in thy sharpe syckle and gather the clusters of y e earth for hir grapes are rype And the angell thrust in his syckle on the erthe and cut downe the grapes of the vynyarde of the earth and cast them in to the greate wynefat of y e wrath of God the wynefat was trodden without the cite and bloude came out of the fat euen vnto the
shal be here after for they couered the londe and made it darcke And they ate vp all the herbes in y e londe all the frutes vpon the trees which remayned from y e hayle left no grene thinge behinde in the trees herbes vpon the felde in all the lande of Egipte Then Pharao called for Moses Aaron in all y e haist saide I haue synned against the LORDE yo r God agaynst you forgeue me my synne this once also pray the LORDE yo r God y t he maye take awaye fro me this death onely And he weÌ„te out from Pharao prayed vnto the LORDE TheÌ„ the LORDE turned a maruelous stroÌ„ge west wynde and toke vp the greshoppers caâ—â— them in to the reed see so that there was not one left in all the quarters of Egipte But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert that he let not the childreÌ„ of Israel go The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thine haÌ„de towarde heauen that it be so darck in the londe of Egipte y t it maye be felt And Moses stretched out his haÌ„de towarde heauen theÌ„ was there a thicke darcknesse in all the londe of Egipte thre dayes so y t in thre dayes no maÌ„ sawe another nor rose vp from y e place where he was But w t the childreÌ„ of Israel there was light in their dwellinges Then Pharao called for Moses sayde Go yo r waye serue the LORDE onely leaue yo r shepe yo r oxen here let yo r childreÌ„ go w t you also Moses sayde Thou must geue vs offringes and brent offerynges that we maye do sacrifice vnto the LORDE o r God Oure catell shal go w t vs and there shal not one hooffe be left behynde for we must take therof for the seruyce of the LORDE o r God Morouer we knowe not wherwithall we shal serue y e LORDE tyll we come thither But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert y t he wolde not let them go And Pharao sayde vnto him Get the hence fro me bewarre that thou come nomore in my sight For loke what daie so euer thou coÌ„mest in my sight thou shalt dye Moses answered EueÌ„ as thou hast sayde I wil come nomore in thy sight The XI Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses I wil yet brynge a plage vpon Pharao and Egipte after y t shal he let you go from hence shal not onely let all go but also dryue you hence Therfore saye now vnto the people y t euery man borowe of his neghboure euery woman of his neghbouresse Iewels of syluer golde for the LORDE shal geue the people fauo r in the sight of y e EgipciaÌ„s And Moses was a very greate man in the lande of Egipte in y e sight of Pharaos seruauntes in the sight of the people And Moses sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE At mydnight wil I go out in the lande of Egipte all y e first borne in the lande of Egipte shall dye from Pharaos first sonne y t sytteth vpon his seate vnto the first sonne of the mayde seruaunte which is behynde y e myll all the first borne amonge the catell there shal be a greate crie in all the lande of Egipte soch as neuer was ner shal be But amonge all the childreÌ„ of Israel there shall not a dogg quatch w t his tonge fro men vnto catell y t ye maye knowe how y t the LORDE hath put a differeÌ„ce betwixte Egipte Israel TheÌ„ shal all these thy seruauntes come downe vnto me fal at my fote saye Get the out thou all the people that are vnder the. After that wyl I departe And he weÌ„te froÌ„ Pharao w t a wroth full displeasure The LORDE saide vnto Moses Pharao herkeneth not vnto you y t many woÌ„ders maye be done in y e laÌ„de of Egipte And Moses Aaron dyd all these woÌ„ders before Pharao but y e LORDE hardened his hert y t he wolde not let y e childreÌ„ of Israel go out of his londe The XII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Aaron in the londe of Egipte This moneth shal be with you y e first moneth at it ye shall begynne the monethes of the yeare Speake ye vnto all the congregacion of Israel saye Vpon y e tenth daye of this moneth let euery one take a laÌ„be or a kydd where a housholder is to euery house a laÌ„be But yf the housholde be to few for a lambe theÌ„ let him his neghbo r y t is next vnto his house take it acordinge to the nombre of y e soules and counte to the lambe what euery man maye eate But it shal be a lambe with out blemish a male of a yeare olde From amonge the lambes goates shal ye take it And ye shal kepe it vnto y e fourtene daye of the moneth And euery man of the congregacion of Israel shal slaye it aboute the eueninge And they shal take of his bloude and stryke it on both the syde postes of the dore and on the vpperdore post of the house that they eate it in And so shal they eate flesh y e same night rosted at the fyre vnleuended bred and shal eate it with sowre sawse Ye shal not eate it rawe ner sodden with water but onely rosted at the fyre his heade w t his fete and pertenaunce And ye shal leaue nothynge of it ouer vntyll the mornynge but yf eny thinge be left ouer vntyll the mornynge ye shal burne it with fyre Of this maner shal ye eate it Ye shal be gyrded aboute youre loynes and haue youre shues vpon youre fete and staues in yo r handes and ye shal eate it with haist for it is y e LORDES Passeouer For in the same night wil I go thorow the londe of Egipte smyte all the firstborne in the lande of Egipte from men vnto catell vpon all the goddes of Egipte wyll I do execucion Euen I the LORDE And the bloude shal be youre token vpon the houses wherin ye are y t whan I se the bloude I maye passe ouer and that the plage happen not vnto you to destroye you whan I smyte the londe of Egipte And this daye shall ye haue for a remembraunce and ye shall kepe it holy for a feast vnto the LORDE ye all youre posterities for a perpetuall custome Seuen dayes shall ye eate vnleuended bred namely vpon the first daie shal ye leaue of with leuended bred in youre houses Who so euer eateth leuended bred from the first daye vnto y e seuenth that soule shall be roted out from Israel The first daye shall be called holy amonge you and the seuenth also No maner of worke shall ye do therin saue what belongeth to the meate for all maner of soules that onely maye ye do for you And kepe you to leuended bred For euen vpon that same daye wil I brynge youre armies
wyszdome in to the hertes of all that are wyse that they shall make all that I haue commaunded the the Tabernacle of wytnesse the Arke of wytnesse the Mercyseate theron and all the ornamentes of y e Tabernacle the table and his apparell the candilsticke and all his apparell the altare of incense the altare of burnt offerynges w t all his apparell the lauer with his fote the mynistrynge vestimentes of Aaron y e prest and the garmentes of his sonnes to serue like prestes the anoyntinge oyle and the inceÌ„se of spyces for y e SaÌ„ctuary All that I haue commaunded the shal they make And the LORDE talked vnto Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye Kepe my Sabbath for it is a token betwene me and you and youre posterities that ye maye knowe how that I am the LORDE which haloweth you therfore kepe my Sabbath for it shal be holy vnto you Who so vnhaloweth it shall dye the death For who so doth eny worke therin shal be roted out from amonge his people Sixe dayes shall men worke but vpon the seuenth daye is the Sabbath the holy rest of the LORDE Who so doth eny worke vpon the Sabbath daye shall dye the death Therfore shal the children of Israel kepe the Sabbath that they maye kepe it also amonge their posterities for an euerlastynge couenaunt An euerlastynge token is it betwixte me and the children of Israel For in sixe dayes made the LORDE heaueÌ„ earth but vpon y e seuenth daye he rested and was refreshed And whan the LORDE had made an ende of talkinge with Moses vpon the mount Sinai he gaue him two tables of witnesse which were of stone and wrytten with the fynger of God The XXXII Chapter BVt whan the people sawe that Moses made loÌ„ge taryenge to come downe froÌ„ the mount they gathered theÌ„ together agaynst Aaron sayde vnto him Vp and make vs goddes to go before vs for we can not tell what is become of this man Moses that brought vs out of Egipte Aaron sayde vnto them Plucke of the golden earynges from the eares of youre wynes of yo r sonnes of yo r doughters brynge them vnto me Then all the people pluckte of their golden earynges from their eares brought them vnto Aaron And he toke them of their handes fashioned it w t a grauer And they made a molten calfe and sayde These are thy goddes O Israel that brought the out of the londe of Egipte Whan Aaron sawe that he buylded an altare before him and caused it be proclamed and sayde Tomorow is the LORDES feast And they arose vp early in the mornynge and offred burnt offerynges and brought dead offerynges also Then the people sat them downe to eate and drynke rose vp to playe But the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go get the downe for thy people whom thou broughtest out of the londe of Egipte haue marred all they are soone gone out of the waie which I commaunded them They haue made them a molten calfe and haue worshipped it offred vnto it sayde These are thy goddes O Israel that brought the out of the lande of Egipte And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses I se that it is a styffnecked people and now suffre me that my wrath maye waxe whote ouer them that I maye consume them so wil I make a greate people of the. But Moses be sought the LORDE his God sayde Oh LORDE wherfore wil thy wrath waxe whote ouer thy people whom thou hast brought out of the loÌ„de of Egipte w t greate power a mightie haÌ„de Wherfore shulde the Egipcians speake saye He hath brought theÌ„ for their myschefe to slaye them in the mountaynes and to destroye theÌ„ vtterly from the earth O turne the from the fearcenesse of y e wrath be gracious ouer the wickednesse of thy people Remembre thy seruauÌ„tes Abraham Isaac and Israel vnto whoÌ„ thou swarest by thyne owne self and saydest I wil multiplye youre sede as the starres of heauen and all the londe that I haue promysed you wil I geue vnto youre sede they shall inheret it for euer Thus the LORDE repented of the euell which he sayde he wolde do vnto his people Moses turned him wente downe from the mount and in his hande he had the two tables of wytnesse which were wrytteÌ„ vpon both the sydes and were Gods worke the wrytinge was the wrytinge of God therin Now whan Iosua herde the noyse of y e people as they shouted he sayde vnto Moses This is a noyse of warre in the hoost He answered It is not a noyse of them that haue the victory and of them that haue the worse but I heare a noyse of synginge at a daunse Whan he came nye vnto the hoost and sawe the calfe and the daunsynge he was moued with wrath and cast the â—ables out of his hande and brake them beneth the mount And he toke the calfe that they had made and brent it with fyre and stamped it vnto poulder and strowed it in the water gaue it vnto the children of Israel to drynke sayde vnto Aaron What dyd this people vnto the that thou hast brought so greate a synne vpon them Aaron sayde Let not the wrath of my lorde waxe fearce thou knowest that this is a wicked people They sayde vnto me Make vs goddes to go before vs for we can not tell what is become of this man Moses y t brought vs out of the londe of Egipte I sayde vnto them Who so hath golde let him plucke it of and geue it me and I cast it in the fyre therof came this calfe Now whan Moses sawe that the people were naked for Aaron whan he set them vp made them naked to their shame he weÌ„te in to the gate of the hoost and sayde who so belongeth vnto the LORDE let him come hither vnto me Then all the children of Leui gathered them selues vnto him and he sayde vnto them Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel Euery man put his swerde by his syde and go thorow in and out from one gate to another in the hoost and slaye euery man his brother frende neghboure The children of Leui dyd as Moses sayde vnto them And there fell of the people the same daye thre thousande men TheÌ„ sayde Moses CoÌ„secrate youre handes this daie vnto the LORDE euery man vpon his sonne and brother that the prayse maye be geuen ouer you this daye On the morow Moses sayde vnto the people Ye haue done a greate synnne Now I wil go vp vnto the LORDE yf peraduenture I maye make an attonement for youre synnes Now whaÌ„ Moses came agayne vnto y e LORDE he saide Oh this people haue done a greate synne haue made them goddes of golde Now for geue them their synne yf not theÌ„ wype me out of y e boke that thou hast wrytten The LORDE sayde
two maner of weightes and a false balauÌ„ce is an euell thinge The LORDE ordreth euery maÌ„s goinges for what is he that vnderstondeth his owne wayes It is a snare for a man to blaspheme that which is holy then to go aboute w t vowes A wyse kynge destroyeth y e vngodly bryngeth the whele â—uer them The lanterne of y e LORDE is y e breth of man goeth thorow all the inwarde partes of the body Mercy faithfulnes preserue the kynge with louynge kyndnes his feate is holden vp The strength of yonge men is their worshipe a gray heade is an hono r vnto y e aged Woundes dryue awaye euell and so do stripes the inwarde partes of the body The XXI Chapter THe kynges hert is in the hande of the LORDE like as are the ryuers of water he maye turne it whyther so euer he wyll Euery man thinketh his owne waye to be right but the LORDE iudgeth y e hertes To do rightuousnesse and iudgmeÌ„t is more acceptable to the LORDE theÌ„ sacrifice A presumptuous loke a proude stomacke the lanterne of the vngodly is synne The deuyses of one that is diligent brynge plenteousnes but he y t is vnaduysed commeth vn to pouerte Who so hoordeth vp riches w t y e disceatfulnes of his tonge he is a foole like vnto them that seke their owne death The robberies of the vngodly shal be their owne destruccion for they wolde not do the thynge that was right The wayes of the frowarde are straunge but y e workes of him y t is cleane are right It is better to dwell in a corner vnder y e house toppe then with a braulinge woman in a wyde house The soule of the vngodly wysheth euell and hath no pitie vpon his neghboure When the scornefull is punyshed the ignoraunt take y e better hede when a wyse man is warned he wil receaue the more vnderstondinge The rightuous enfourmeth the house of the vngodly but y e vngodly go on still after their owne wickednesse Who so stoppeth his eare at the crieÌ„ge of the poore he shal crie himself and not be herde A preuy rewarde pacifieth displeasure and a gifte in the bosome stilleth furiousnesse The iust delyteth in doynge the thynge that is right but the workers of wickednesse abhorre the same The man that wandreth cut of the waye of wyszdome shal remayne in the coÌ„gregacion of y e deed He y t hath pleasure in banckettes shal be a poore man Who so delyteth in wyne and delicates shal not be riche The vngodly shal be geuen for the rightuous the wicked for the iust It is better to dwell in a wyldernesse theÌ„ with a chydinge and an angrie woman In a wyse mans house there is greate treasure and plenteousnesse but a foolish body spendeth vp all Who so foloweth rightuousnesse and mercy fyndeth both life rightuousnesse and honor. A wyse man wynneth the cite of the mightie and as for the strength y t they trust in he bryngeth it downe Who so kepeth his mouth and his tonge the same kepeth his soule from troubles He y t is proude presumptuous is called a scornefull maÌ„ which in wrath darre worke maliciously The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is his owne death for his haÌ„des wyll not labor. He coueteth and desyreth all the daye longe but the rightuous is allwaye geuynge kepeth nothinge backe The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhominacion for they offre the thinge y t is gotten w t wickednes A false wytnesse shal perishe but he y t wil be content to heare shal allwaye haue power to speake himself An vngodly man goeth forth rashly but the iust refourmeth his owne waye There is no wyszdome there is no vnderstondinge there is no councell agaynst the LORDE The horse is prepared agaynst y e daye of battayll but the LORDE geueth the victory The XXII Chapter A Good name is more worth then greate riches and louynge fauo r is better then syluer and golde Whether riches or pouerte do mete vs it commeth all of God A wyse man seyth the plage and hydeth himself but the foolish go on still and are punyshed The ende of lowlynes the feare of God is riches hono r prosperite and health Speares and snares are in y e waye of the frowarde but he y t wil kepe his soule let him fle froÌ„ soch Yf thou reachest a childe in his youth what waye he shulde go he shall not leaue it when he is olde The rich ruleth the poore and y e borower is seruaunt to y e lender He y t soweth wickednesse shal reape sorowe the rodde of his plage shal destroye him A louynge eye shal be blessed for he geueth of his bred vnto y e poore Cast out y e scornefull man and so shal strife go out w t him yee variaunce and slaunder shal cease Who so delyteth to be of a clene herte and of gracious lyppes y e kynge shal be his frende The eyes of y e LORDE preserue knowlege but as for y e wordes of y e despyteful he bryngeth them to naught The slouthfull body sayeth there is a lyoÌ„ w t out I might be slayue in y e strete The mouth of an harlot is a depe pytt wherin he falleth that y e LORDE is angrie withall Foolishnes sticketh in the herte of y e lad but y e rod of correccion driueth it awaye Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his owne riches geueth comoÌ„ly vnto the rich and at the last commeth to pouerte himself My sonne bowe downe thine eare and herken vnto the wordes of wyszdome applye y e mynde vnto my doctryne for it is a pleasaunt thinge yf thou kepe it in thine herte and practise it in thy mouth that thou mayest allwaye put y e trust in the LORDE Haue not I warned y e very oft with councell and lerninge y t I might shewe y e the treuth and that thou w t the verite mightest answere them y t laye eny thinge against y e Se y t thou robbe not y e poore because he is weake and oppresse not y e simple in iudgment for y e LORDE himself wyl defende their cause and do violence vnto them y t haue vsed violence Make no freÌ„dshipe with an angrie wylfull man and kepe no company w t y e furious lest thou lerne his wayes and receaue hurte vnto thy soule Be not thou one of them y t bynde theâ—r hande vpoÌ„ promyse and are suertie for dett for yf thou hast nothinge to paye they shal take awaye thy bed from vnder the. Thou shalt not remoue the lande marcke which thy fore elders haue sett Seist thou not y t they which be diligent in their busines stonde before kynges and not amonge the symple people The XXIII Chapter When thou syttest at the table to eate w t a lorde ordre thy self manerly w t y
and more of their syluer they make them molten ymages like the Idols of the Heithen and yet all is nothinge but the worke of the craftesman Not withstōdinge they preach of the same who so wil kysse the calues offreth to men Therfore they shal be as the mornynge cloude and as the dew that early passeth awaye and like as dust that y e wynde taketh awaye from the floore and as smoke that goeth out of y e chymney I am the LORDE thy God which brought the out of the londe of Egipte that thou shuldest knowe no God but me only that thou shuldest haue no Sauioure but only me I toke diligent hede of the in the wildernesse that drye londe But when they were wel fedde and had ynough they waxed proude and forgat me Therfore will I be vnto them as a lyon and as a leoparde in y e waye to the Assirians I wil come vpon them as a she beer that is robbed of hir welpes and I wil breake that stubburne herte of theirs There wil I deuoure them as a lyon yee the wylde beastes shal teare them O Israel thou doest but destroye thy self In me only is thy helpe Where are thy kinges now that shulde helpe the in all thy cities Yee and thy iudges of whom thou saydest geue me a kinge and prynces well I gaue the a kinge in my wrath and in my displeasure will I take him from the agayne The wickednesse of Ephraim is bounde together his synne lieth hyd Therfore shall sorowes come vpon him as vpon a woman that traualeth An vndiscrete sonne is he for he considreth not that he shulde not haue bene able to haue endured in the tyme of his byrth had not I defended him from the graue and delyuered him from death O death I wil be thy death o hell I wil be thy stynge Yet can I se no comforth for when he is now the goodliest amonge the brethren the east wynde euen the wynde of the LORDE shal come downe from the wildernesse and drye vp his condytes and drynke vp his welles he shal spoyle the treasure of all pleasaunt vessels As for Samaria they shal be made waist why they are disobedient vnto their God They shal perish with the swearde their children shal be slayne and their women bygg with childe shal be rypte vp The XIIII Chapter TVrne the now o Israel vnto y e LORDE thy God for thou hast taken a greate fall thorow thy wickednesse Take these wordes with you when ye turne to the LORDE saye vnto him O forgeue vs all oure synnes receaue vs graciously then wil we offre y e bullockes of oure lyppes vnto the. Assur shal be no more oure helper nether will we ryde vpon horses eny more As for the workes of oure hondes we wil nomore call vpon them For it is thou that art oure God thou shewest euer mercy vnto the fatherlesse O yf they wolde do this I shulde heale their sores yee with all my herte wolde I loue them so y t my wrath shulde clene be turned awaye from them Yee I wolde be vnto Israel as the dewe and he shulde growe as y e lylie his rote shulde breake out as Libanus His braunches shulde sprede out abrode be as fayre as the olyue tre smel as Libanus They that dwel vnder his shadowe shulde come agayne growe vp as the corne florish as the vyne he shulde haue as good a name as the wyne of Libanus O Ephraim what haue I to do with Idols eny more I wil graciously heare him lede him forth I wil be vnto the as a grene Fyrre tre vpon me shalt thou fynde thy frute Who so is wyse shal vnderstonde this he y t is right enstructe wil regarde it For y e wayes of the LORDE are rightuous soch as be godly wil walke in them As for the wicked they wil stomble therin The ende of the prophet Oseas The Prophet Ioel. What Ioel conteyneth Chap. I. He sheweth Israel that all their glory and outwarde ceremonies shal be put downe and ceasse Chap. II. The plages are greate wherfore he wolde haue them to mourne yet yf they will amende they maye hope for grace Chap. III. How the people are brought agayne and their enemies punished The first Chapter THis is the worde of the LORDE that came vnto Ioel the sonne of Phatuel Heare o ye elders pōdre this wel all ye that dwell in the lōde yf euer there happened soch a thinge in youre dayes or in y e dayes of youre fathers Tell youre children of it let them shewe it vnto their children so they to certifie their posterite therof Loke what the caterpiller hath lefte y t hath the greshopper eaten vp what the greshopper lefte that hath the locuste eaten vp what the locuste hath lefte that hath the blastinge consumed Wake vp ye dronckardes wepe mourne all ye wyne suppers because of youre swete wyne for it shal be taken awaye from youre mouth Yee a mightie an innumerable people shall come vp in to my londe these haue teth like the teth of lyons chaftbones like the lyones ses They shal make my vinyarde waist they shal pyll of the barckes of my fygetrees strype them bare cast them awaye and make the braunches whyte Make y e mone as a virgin doth y t gyrdeth her selfe with sacke because of hir bryde grome For the meate drynkofferynge shal be taken awaye from the house of the LORDE the prestes y e LORDES ministers shal mourne The felde shal be waisted the londe shal be in a miserable case for the corne shal be destroyed the swete wyne shal come to confucion the oyle vtterly desolate The huszbōde men the wyne gardeners shal loke piteously make lamentacion for the wheate wyne barley because the haruest vpon the felde is so clene destroyed The grape gatherers shal make greate mone when the vynyarde fygetrees be so vtterly waisted Yee all the pomgarnettes palmtrees apletrees the other trees of the felde shall wyther awaye Thus the mery cheare of the children of men shal come to confucion Gyrde you make yo r mone o ye prestes mourne ye ministres of the aulter go youre waye in slepe in sack cloth o ye officers of my God for the meat drynkofferynge shal be taken awaye from the house of yo r God Proclame a fastynge call the cōgregacion gather the elders all the inhabiters of the londe together into the house of the LORDE yo r God crie vnto the LORDE alas alas for this daye And why the daye of the LORDE is at honde and commeth as a destroyer from the Allmightie Shal not y e meates be taken awaye before oure eyes the myrth also ioye from the house of oure God The sede shal perish in the grounde the garners shall lye waist the floores shal be
pleasure of his goodes There is no thinge worse then whan one disfauoureth himself this is a rewarde of his wickednes Yf he do eny good he doth it not knowinge therof and agaynst his will and at the last he declareth his vngraciousnes A nygarde hath a wicked eye he turneth awaye his face and despyseth his owne soule A couetous mans eye hath neuer ynough in the porcion of wickednes vntyll the tyme that he wither awaye and haue lost his owne soule A wicked eye spareth bred there is scarcenesse vpō his table My sonne do good to y e self of y t thou hast geue y e LORDE his due offeringes Remembre y t death tarieth not how y t the couenaunt of the graue is shewed vnto the for the couenaunt of this worlde shal dye the death Do good vnto y t frende before thou dye and acordinge to thy abylite reach out thine hande and geue vnto y e poore Be not dispoynted of y e good daye let not y e porcion of y e good daie ouerpas the. Shalt thou not leaue thy trauayles and labours vnto other men In the deuydinge of the heretage geue and take and sanctifie thy soule Worke thou righteousnes before thy death for in y e hell there is no meate to fynde All flesh shal fade awaye like grasse like a florishinge leaf in a grene tre Some growe some are cast downe euen so is y e generacion of flesh and bloude one commeth to an ende another is borne All transitory thinges shall fayle at the last and the worker therof shal go withall Euery chosen worke shall be iustified and he y t medleth withall shal haue honoure therin Blessed is the man y t kepeth him in wyszdome and exercyseth himself in vnderstandinge with discrecion shal he thinke vpon the fore knowlege of God Which considereth y e wayes of wyszdome in his hert hath vnderstandinge in hir secretes goeth after her as one that seketh hir out contynueth in hir wayes He loketh in at hir windowes herkeneth at hir dores He taketh his rest besyde hir house festeneth his stake in hir walles He shall pitch his tent nye vnto hir hande and in his tent shal good thinges rest for euermore He shal sett his children vnder hir coueringe shal dwell vnder hir braunches Vnder hir coueringe shal he be defended from the heate and in hir glory shall he rest The XV. Chapter HE that feareth God wil do good and who so kepeth the lawe shal optayne wyszdome As an honorable mother shal she mete him and as a vyrgin shall she receaue him With y e bred of life and vnderstandinge shall she fede him and geue him the water of wholsome wyszdome to drynke Yf he be constant in her he shall not be moued and yf he holde him fast by her he shal not come to cōfucion She shall brynge him to honoure amonge his neghbours and in the myddest of the congregacion shall she open his mouth With the sprete of wyszdome and vnderstādinge shal she fyll him and clothe him with the garment of glory She shal heape the treasure of myrth ioye vpō him and geue him an euerlastinge name to heretage Foolish men wyll not take holde vpon her but soch as haue vnderstandinge wil mete her for she is farre from pryde and disceate Men that go aboute with lyes wil not remembre her but men of trueth shall be founde in her euen vnto the beholdinge of God Prayse is not semely in the mouth of y e vngodly for he is not sent of y e LORDE For of God commeth wyszdome the prayse shall stonde by the wyszdome of God and shal be plenteous in a faithfull mouth and the LORDE shal geue her vnto him Saye not thou It is the LORDES faute that I am gone by for thou shalt not do y e thinge that God hateth Saye not thou he hath caused me to go wronge for he hath no nede of the vngodly God hateth all abhominacion of erroure they that feare God wyl loue no soch God made man from the begynnynge left him in the hande of his councell He gaue him his commaundementes and preceptes yf thou wilt obserue the commaundementes kepe acceptable faithfulnes for euer they shal preserue ye. He hath set water and fyre before the reach out thine hande vnto which thou wilt Before man is life and death good and euell loke what him liketh shal be geuen him For the wyszdome of God is greate and mightie in power and beholdeth all men contynually The eyes of the LORDE are vpon them that feare him and he knoweth all the workes of man ▪ He hath commaūded no man to do vngodly nether hath he geuen eny man leue to synne The XVI Chapter DElyte not thou in the multitude of vngodly children and haue no pleasure in them yf they feare not God Trust not thou to their life and regarde not their labours for one sonne y t feareth God is better thē a thousande vngodly And better it is for a man to dye without childrē thē to leaue behynde him soch children as are vngodly For by one y t hath vnderstandinge maye a whole cite be vpholden but though the vngodly be many yet shal it be waysted thorow them Many soch thinges hath myne eye sene and greater thinges then these haue I herde with myne eares In the congregacion of the vngodly shal a fyre burne amonge vnfaithfull people shal the wrath be kyndled The olde giaūtes optayned no grace for their synnes which were destroyed trustinge to their owne strēgth Nether spared he them amōge whom Loth was a straunger but smote them and abhorred them because of the pryde of their wordes He had no pitie vpō them but destroyed all the people that were so stoute in synne And for so moch as he ouersawe not the sixe hundreth thousande that gathered them selues together in y e hardnesse of their hert it were maruell yf one beynge hardnecked shulde be fre For mercy wrath is with him he is both mightie to forgeue and to poure out displeasure Like as his mercy is greate euē so is his punyshment also he iudgeth a man acordinge to his workes The vngodly shal not escape in his spoyle and the longe pacience of him that sheweth mercy shal not byde behynde All mercy shall make place vnto euery man acordinge to the deseruynge of his workes and after the vnderstandinge of his pilgremage Saye not thou I wyl hyde my self from God for who wyl thinke vpon me from aboue I shal not be knowne in so greate a heape of people for what is my soule amonge so many creatures Beholde the heauen yee the heauen of heauens the depe the earth and all that therin is shall be moued at his presence the mountaynes the hilles and the foundacions of the earth shal shake for feare whan God vysiteth them These
and fede me also of that thou hast Awaye thou straunger so that he regardeth his honoure nomore my brother commeth in to my house so he telleth him the necessite of his house These thinges are heuy to a man that hath vnderstandinge namely the forbyddinge of y e house that the leÌ„der casteth him in the teth The XXX Chapter WHo so loueth his childe holdeth him still vnder correccion that he maye haue ioye of him afterwarde and that he grope not after his neghbours dores He y t teacheth his sonne shall haue ioye in him nede not be ashamed of him amoÌ„ge his aquantauÌ„ce Who so enfourmed teacheth his sonne greueth y e enemie â—nd before his frendes he maye haue ioye of him Though the father dye yet is he as though he were not deed for he hath left one behynde him that is like him In his life he sawe him had ioye in him was not sory in his death nether was he ashamed before y e enemies For he left behinde him an auenger agaynst his enemies and a good doer vnto the frendes For the life of childreÌ„ he shal binde the woundes together and his hert is greued at euery crye An vntamed horse wylbe harde and a wanton childe wyl be wylfull Yf thou brynge vp thy sonne delicatly he shal make y e afrayed and yf thou playe with him he shal brynge the to heuynes Laugh not with him lest thou wepe w t him also and lest thy teth be sett on edge at the last Geue him not liberte in his youth excuse not his foly Bow downe his neck whyle he is yonge hytt him vpon the sydes whyle he is yet but a childe lest he waxe stubburne geue no more force of y e and so shalt thou haue heuynes of soule Teach thy childe be diligeÌ„t therin lest it be to thy shame Better is the poore beynge whole stronge theÌ„ a man to be riche not to haue his health Health and welfare is aboue all golde and an whole body aboue all treasure There is no riches aboue a sounde body no ioye aboue the ioye of the hert Death is better then a wretched life or contynuall sicknes The good thinges y t are put in a close mouth are like as whan meate is layed vpon y e graue What good doth the offeringe vnto an Idoll For he can nether eate taist ner smell EueÌ„ so is it also with the riche whom God maketh seke he seith it with his eyes groneth therafter and is euen as a gelded man that lyeth with a vyrgin and sygheth Geue not ouer thy mynde in to heuynes vexe not thy self in thine owne councell The ioye chearfulnes of the hert is the life of man and a mans gladnes is the prolonginge of his dayes Loue thine owne soule and comforte thine hert as for sorow and heuynes dryue it farre from y e for heuynes hath slayne many a man and bryngeth no profit Zele and anger shorten the dayes of the life carefulnes and sorow brynge age before the tyme Vnto a mery hert euery thinge hath a good taist that he eateth The XXXI Chapter TRauayle and carefulnes for riches taketh awaye the slepe and maketh the flesh to coÌ„sume Whan one lyeth and taketh care he waketh euer vp like as greate sicknes breaketh the slepe The rich hath greate labo r in gatheringe his riches together and then with the pleasure of his riches he taketh his rest is refreshed But who so laboureth and prospereth not he is poore and though he leaue of yet is he a begger He that loueth riches shall not be iustified and who so foloweth corrupcioÌ„ shal haue ynough therof Many one are come in greate mysfortune by the reason of golde haue founde their destruccion before them It is a tre of fallynge vnto them that offre it vp and all soch as be foolish fall therin Blessed is the rich which is founde without blemysh and hath not gone after golde ner hoped in money and treasures Where is there soch one and we shal commende him and call him blessed for greate thinges doth he amonge his people Who so is tryed founde perfecte in soch thinges shal be commended and praised Who might offende hath not offended Who coude do euell and hath not done it Therfore shal his good be stablished and the whole congregacion shal declare his allmesses Yf thou sytt at a greate mans table open not thy mouth wyde vpon it and make not many wordes Remembre that an euell eye is a shrew What thinge created is worse then a wicked eye therfore wepeth it before euery maÌ„s face Laye not thine hand vpon euery thinge that thine eye seyth and stryue not with him in the dyshe Ponder by thy self what thy neghboure wolde fayne haue be descrete in euery poynte Eate the thinge that is set before the manerly as it becommeth a man and eate not to moch lest thou be abhorred Leaue thou of first of all because of nurtoure lest thou be he whom no man maye satisfie which maye turne to thy decaye WhaÌ„ thou syttest amonge many men reach not thine haÌ„de out first of all O how well conteÌ„t is a wyse man w t a litle wyne so y t in slepe thou shalt not be seke therof ner fele eny payne A swete wholsome slepe shal soch one haue and fele no inwarde grefe He ryseth vp by tymes in y e mornynge and is well at ease in him self But an vnsaciable eater slepeth vnquyetly and hath ache and payne of the body Yf thou felest that thou hast eaten to moch aryse go thy waye cast it of thy stomack and take thy rest My sonne heare me and despyse me not and at the last thou shalt fynde as I haue tolde the. In all thy workes be diligent and quycke so shal there no sicknes happen vnto the. Who so is liberall in dealynge out his meate many men shall blesse him and prayse him with their lippes and the same is a sure token of his loue and faithfulnes But he y t is vnfaithfull in meate the whole cite shall complayne of him and that is a sure experieÌ„ce of his infidelite and wickednes Be not thou a wine bebber for wyne hath destroyed many a man The fyre proueth y e hard yron euen so doth wyne proue the hertes of the proude whan they be droncken Wyne sorbely droncken quyckeneth the life of maÌ„ Yf thou drynckest it measurably thou shalt be temperate What life is it y t maye contynue without wyne Wyne was made from the begynnynge to make men glad and not for dronkennes Wyne measurably dronkeÌ„ is a reioysinge of the soule and body But yf it be dronken with excesse it maketh bytternes and sorowe vnto the mynde DronkeÌ„nes fylleth the mynde of the foolish with shame and ruyne mynisheth the streÌ„gth and maketh woundes Rebuke not thy neghboure at y
Achaia For froÌ„ you was the worde of the LORDE noysed out not onely in Macedonia Achaia but iÌ„ all quarters also is yo r faith iÌ„ God spred abrode so that it nedeth not vs to speake eny thinge at all For they them selues shewe of you what maner of entrynge in we had vnto you and how ye are turned vnto God from ymages for to serue the lyuynge and true God and to loke for his sonne from heaueÌ„ whom he raysed vp from the deed euen Iesus which hath delyuered vs froÌ„ the wrath to come The II. Chapter FOr ye youre selues brethren knowe of oure intrauÌ„ce vnto you how that it was not in vayne but as we had suffred afore were shamefully intreated at Philippos as ye knowe we were bolde in oure God to speake vnto you y e Gospel of God with moch stryuynge For oure exhortacion was not to brynge you to erroure ner yet to vnclennes nether was it with gyle but as we are alowed of God that the Gospell shulde be commytted vnto vs to preache euen so we speake not as though we wolde please meÌ„ but God which tryeth oure hertes For we haue not gone aboute with flateringe wordes as ye knowe ner wayted for oure owne profit God is recorde nether soughte we prayse of men nether of you ner of eny other whan we mighte haue bene chargeable vnto you as the Apostles off Christ but we were tender amonge you Like as a norsse cherisheth hir children euen so had we hartely affeccion towarde you and wolde with good wyl haue dealte vnto you not onely the Gospell of God but oure lyues also because ye were deare vnto vs. Ye remembre brethren oure laboure and trauayle For daye and nighte wroughte we because we wolde not be chargeable vnto eny of you and preached the Gospell of God amonge you Ye are witnesses and so is God how holyly and iustly and vnblameable we behaued oure selues amoÌ„ge you thaâ— beleue as ye knowe how that as a 〈…〉 his children euen so exhorte 〈…〉 and besoughte euery one 〈…〉 wolde walke worthely before God 〈…〉 hath called you vnto his kyngdome 〈…〉 For this cause thanke we God without ceassynge because that whaÌ„ ye receaued of vs the worde of the preachinge of God ye receaued it not as y e worde of men but eueÌ„ as it is of a trueth the worde of God which worketh in you that beleue For ye brethren are become the folowers off the congregacions off God which in Iewry are in Christ Iesu so that ye haue suffred euen like thinges of youre kynsmen as they haue suffred of the Iewes Which as they put the LORDE Iesus to death and their awne prophetes euen so haue they persecuted vs also and please not God and are coÌ„trary to all men forbyddinge vs to speake vnto the Heythen that they mighte be saued to fulfill their synnes allwaye for the wrath is come vpon them allready vnto y e vttemost But we brethren for as moch as we haue bene kepte from you for a season as concernynge the bodely presence but not in the hert we haue haisted the more with greate desyre to se you personally Therfore wolde we haue come vnto you I Paul two tymes but Sathan withstode vs. For who is oure hope or ioye or crowne of reioysinge are not ye it in y e sighte of oure LORDE Iesus Christ at his commynge Yes ye are oure prayse and ioye The III. Chapter WHerfore sence we coulde no longer forbeare we thoughte it good to remayne at Athens alone sent Timotheus oure brother and mynister of God and oure helper in y e gospell of Christ to stablysh you and to comforte you in youre faith that noman shulde be moued in these troubles for ye youre selues knowe that we are euen appoynted there vnto And whan we were with you we tolde you before that we shulde suffre tribulacion euen as it is come to passe as ye knowe For this cause seynge I coulde no longer forbeare I sent that I mighte haue knowlege of youre faith lest happly the tempter had tempted you and lest oure laboure had bene in vayne But now that Timotheus is come froÌ„ you vnto vs and hath shewed vs of youre faith and loue how that ye haue allwaye good remembraunce of vs desyringe to se vs 〈…〉 to se you therfore brethren 〈…〉 in you in all oure 〈…〉 thorow youre faith For 〈…〉 yf ye stonde stedfast in y e â—ORDE For what thankes can we recompeÌ„ce to God agayne for you because of this ioye that we haue concernynge you before oure God We praye exceadingly daye and nighte that we mighte se you presently and fulfill that which is lackynge in yo r faith God himselfe o r father o r LORDE Iesus Christ gyde oure iourney vnto you But the LORDE increace you make you flowe ouer in loue one towarde another and towarde all men euen as we do towarde you that yo r hertes maye be stable and vnblameable in holynes before God oure father at the commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ with all his sayntes The IIII. Chapter FVrthermore we beseke you brethren and exhorte you in the LORDE Iesus that ye increace more and more euen as ye haue receaued of vs how ye oughte to walke and to please God For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaâ—ue you by oure LORDE Iesus Christ. For this is the will of God euen youre sanctifienge that ye shulde absteyne from whordome y t euery one of you shulde knowe how to kepe his vessell in holynes and honoure not in the lust of concupiscence as the Heythen which knowe not God And that no man go to farre ner defraude his brother in bargayninge For the LORDE is the auenger of all soch thinges as we haue sayde testified vnto you afore tyme. For God hath not called vs to vnclennesse but vnto holynes He therfore that despyseth despyseth not man but God which hath geuen his holy sprete in to you But as touchinge brotherly loue ye nede not that I wryte vnto you for ye youre selues are taught of God to loue one another yee and that thinge ye do vnto all the brethreÌ„ which are thorow out all Macedonia But we beseke you brethren that ye increace yet more and more and that ye study to be quyete and to medle with youre awne busynesse and to worke with youre awne haÌ„des as we commaunded you that ye maye walke honestly towarde theÌ„ that are without and that nothinge be lackynge vnto you We wolde not brethren that ye shulde be ignoraunt concernynge them which are fallen a slepe that ye sorowe not as other do which haue no hope For yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne euen so theÌ„ also which slepe by Iesus shal God brynge with him For this we saye vnto you in the worde of the LORDE that we which lyue and are remaynynge
vpoÌ„ the house of Israel and vpon the house off Iuda a new Testament not as the Testament which I made with their fathers in that daye whan I toke them by the handes to lede them out of the londe of Egipte for they contynued not in my Testament and I regarded them not sayeth the LORDE For this is the Testament that I wil make w t the house of Israell after those dayes sayeth the LORDE I wyl geue my lawes in their mynde and in their hertes wyl I wryte them And I wil be their God and they shal be my people and they shal not teach euery maÌ„ his neghboure and euery man his brother sayenge knowe y e LORDE for they shal knowe me from the leest to the most of them for I wil be mercifull ouer their vnrighteousnesses And on their synnes on their iniquyties wyl I not thynke eny more In that he sayeth A new he weereth out y e olde Now y t which is worne out and waxed olde is ready to vanish awaye The IX Chapter THat first Tabernacle verely had ordinaunces and seruynges off God and outwarde holynes For there was made a foretabernacle wherin was y e candilsticke and the table and the shewe bred and this is called y e Holy But behynde the seconde vayle was the Tabernacle which is called Holiest of all which had the golden censor and the Arke of the Testament ouerlayed rounde aboute with golde wherin was the golden pot with Manna and Aarons rodd that florished and the tables of the Testament Aboue therin were the Cherubins off glory ouershadowynge the Mercyseate Of which thinges it is not now to speake perticularly When these thinges were thus ordeyned the prestes wente allwayes in to the first Tabernacle and excuted y e seruyce of God But in to the seconde wente the hye prest alone once in the yeare not without bloude which he offred for himselfe and for the ignoraunce of the people Wherwith the holy goost this signifyeth that the waye of holynes was not yet opened whyle as yet the first Tabernacle was stondynge Which was a symilitude for the tyme then present in the which were offred giftes and sacrifices and coulde not make perfecte as partaynynge to the conscience him that dyd the Gods seruyce onely with meates and drynkes and dyuerse waszhinges and iustifienges of the flesh which were ordeyned vnto the tyme of reformacion But Christ beynge an hye prest of good thinges to come came by a greater and a more perfecte Tabernacle not made with handes that is to saye not of this maner buyldynge nether by the bloude of goates or calues but by his owne bloude entred he once for all in to the holy place and hath founde eternall redempcion For yff the bloude off oxen and off goates and the aszhes off the cowe whan it is sprenkled haloweth the vncleane as touchynge the purificacion of the flesh How moch more shal the bloude of Christ which thorow the eternall sprete offred him selfe without spot vnto God pourge oure conscience from deed workes for to serue tâ—â—geuynge God And for this cause is â—â—â—eâ—diatour of the new 〈…〉 thorow death which chaursed 〈◊〉 redempcion of those traÌ„sgressons that were vnder the first Testament they which were called mighte receaue the promes of eternall inheritaunce For where soeuer is a Testament there must also be the death of him that maketh the testament For a TestameÌ„t taketh auctorite whan men are deed for it is of no value as longe as he that made it is alyue For the which cause that first TestameÌ„t also was not ordeyned without bloude For whan all the commaundementes acordinge to the lawe were red of Moses vnto all the people he toke y e bloude of calues and of goates with water and purple woll and ysope and sprenkled the boke and all the people sayenge * This is the bloude of the Testament which God hath appoynted vnto you And the Tabernakle and all the vessels of the Gods seruyce sprenkled he with bloude likewyse And allmost all thinges are pourged with bloude after the lawe and without sheddynge of bloude is no remyssion It is necessary then that the symilitude of heauenly thinges be purified with soche but y e heauenly thinges themselues are purified with better sacrifices then are those For Christ is not entred in to the holy places y t are made with handes which are but symilitudes of true thinges but in to the very heauen for to apeare now before the face of God for vs Not to offer himselfe offâ— as the hye prest entreth in to the holy place euery yeare with straunge bloude for theÌ„ must he often haue suffred sence the worlde beganne But now in the ende of the worlde hath he appeared once to put synne to flight by the offerynge vp of himselfe And as it is appoynted vnto meÌ„ y t they shal once dye and then coÌ„meth the iudgmeÌ„t EueÌ„ so Christ was once offred to take awaye the synnes of many And vnto them that loke for him shal he appeare agayne without synne vnto saluacion The X. Chapter FOr the lawe * which hath but the shadowe off good thinges to come and not the thinges in their awne fashion can neuer by the sacrifices which they offer yeare by yeare continually make the commers there vnto perfecte Els shulde they haue ceassed to haue bene offred because that the offerers once pourged shulâ—◠〈◊〉 had nomore conscience of synnes 〈…〉 in those sacrifices there is maâ—e but a â—â—â—â—â—braunce of synnes euery yeaâ—e * For 〈…〉 y t the bloude of oxen â—nd of goates shulde take awaye synnes Wherfore whan he commeth in to the worlde he sayeth Sacrifice offerynge thou woldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeyned me Burnt offerynges and synneofferynges hast thou not alowed Then sayde I Lo I come I the begynnynge of the boke it is wrytten of me that I shulde do y e wyll O God Aboue whaÌ„ he had sayde Sacrifice and offerynge and burntsacrifices syn offerynges thou woldest not haue nether hast alowed which yet are offered after y e lawe TheÌ„ sayde he Lo I come to do wil thy O God there taketh he awaye the first to stablyszhe the latter In the which wyll we are sanctified by the offerynge vp of the body of Iesus Christ once for all And euery prest is ready daylie mynistringe and oftymes offereth one maner of offerynges which can neuer take awaye synnes But this man whan he had offred for synnes one sacrifice which is of value for euer sat him downe on the righte hande of God and from hence forth tarieth tyll his foes be made his fote stole For with one offerynge hath he made perfecte for euer theÌ„ that are sanctified And the holy goost also beareth vs recorde of this euen whan he sayde before This is the Testament that I wyl make vnto them after those dayes sayeth y e LORDE I